ELA+5+Lesson+30

Topic "Get Lost!The Puzzle of Mazes" and "Journey to Cuzco:The Origin of the Inca" (myth)

Common Core Standards RI5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. W.2a-e Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. W.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults. develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

Suggested Student Objectives
 * 1) Students will use main ideas and supporting details to summarize information.
 * 2) Students will write a multigenre collage.

Suggested Additional Readings Literary Texts Poetry "The Best Paths," by Kristine O'Connell George "Compass," by Valerie Worth
 * __Aztec, Inca&Maya__ (DK Eyewitness Books) by DK Publishing
 * __Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths__ by Walter Shepherd
 * __How Amazing__ by Charles Snape and Heather Scott

Resource Links
 * http://www.ga.pa.us/academics/Is/5th/namyth/stinde98.htm
 * http://incas.mrdonn.org/index.html
 * http://www.papermazes.com

Activities
 * Students will work with a partner to complete, **Activity Central**,"Memory Maze" and "A-maze Yourself" on page 77.
 * **Your Turn,** pages 78 and 79.Students will work with a partner and complete:"A Writer's Treasure Map."

Assessments
 * 1) Complete Idea-Support Map (Graphic Organizer 7)
 * 2) Writing Rubric 1-4, see TE T223
 * 3) Weekly Tests 30.4-30.5

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